A remote northern Sierra Leone village welcomed our medical eye care team, and dozens were given back their sight through cataract surgery. Every morning, patients would line up like this, awaiting removal of their eye patch. In a very real...

It was a crisp day as I walked through Brooklyn Heights. Little rays of sun peeked through the winter sky. I walked past the bustle of people, hurrying along their way, and kept to myself. I came upon this man sitting ever so still, alone. It was...

The Zikra Initiative is an organization that Rabee Zoreikat started in the Ghor al Mazraa community in order to diminish the socio-economic gap by conducting programs where urban residents meet a marginalized community. The groups interact,...

After hiking for most of the day and still having a ways to go before my friends and I could rest we stumbled upon a shrine tucked away in the mountains. Low on motivation and beginning to regret our decision to go hiking on one of the few free...

Walking back from the Spanish Steps to our hostel, we were blinded by the sun setting on the busy shopping street. No faces were easily distinguishable with the interesting lighting conditions- just silhouettes and shadows of random people-...

A child sitting at a school desk in Good Shepherd Church. This church is located in one of the biggest slums in Uganda. The Church is seeking to provide sponsorship and education for children in the slum who cannot attend schooling as well as a...

The indigenous people are a very important part of Australian culture. While in Australia, I had the opportunity to talk with adults and even interact with the kids of an Aboriginal community. These communities have litter-strewn streets,...

This was taken at Lindisfarne, an island near the eastern border between Scotland and Northern England. Saint Aidan founded the monastery at Lindisfarne. He was an Irish missionary sent from Iona by King Oswald in AD635. It became the base for...

When in Venice in October, the city was experiencing extreme high waters. In Piazza San Marco where we were expecting to see thousands of pigeons, we were instead greeted with water six inches deep. When events like this happen in Venice, the...

Europe Term Intercultural Communication in Austria, Czech Republic, and France

I absolutely adore this woman. In the middle of the historical Main Square in Krakow, sat a very old building known as Cloth Hall. It was originally an establishment built for the trading and selling of cloth, but now serves as a museum and a...

Pictures like this one remind me of all the beautiful children I have met in Haiti and I often wonder about them: What is likje doing right now? Is Madeline healthy? Is Michlange in school? This is three-year-old Joselin -I met her outside of a...

This scene is near Chenonceau Castle in the Loire Valley of France. I like the way these trees mad a natural archway. In many places in France, limbs are cut back so the shape of the trees can be controlled. But here, they were allowed to grow...

This is my friend, Kate Moss, on Bald Rock on the border of New South Wales and Queensland. A Japanese tourist had seen her do a handstand and asked his guide if he could ask her to pose for a picture. My class took a five-day class field trip...

Saitoti and Lipaso are the couple in the middle, just about to be married. They are relatives of my host family in Kenya, the Kirishuas. Out of an assembly of 1,000 Kenyans, my friend Kelly and I were the only two Mwazungu-white people- at the...

Child Restoration Outreach is not a typical NGO for street children. CRO collaborates with social workers, nurses, adoption agencies, and schools - all to rehabilitate and reintegrate kids into society. Most importantly, kids have time to just be...

This picture helps to capture the greatness of Ancient Egypt. My friend Whitney is sitting on just one of over 100 pillars covered with intricate hieroglyphic designs in Luxor's Karnak Temple. As I first walked into this portion of the temple, my...

I was walking through Rome late one morning, growing tired from the morning’s journeys, when I saw this man sitting alone along the sidewalk. He looked as if he needed a break—physically, mentally, and emotionally. I paused for a moment from the...

This photo was taken at Natandola Beach on Viti Levu, the main island of Fiji. It is of a native Fijian on horseback. This photo captures the essence of the tropical isolation of Fiji. From here in the U.S., Fiji is literally on the far side of...